Scrambled Chick Flicks Trivia Quiz

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1. Your parents send you to Connecticut for the summer, and what a group of interesting young adults you meet! Vincent D'Onofrio wants to marry Lili Taylor, Julia Roberts tries dating "up," and Annabeth Gish falls for the father of the child she babysits. In your first letter home, your cryptic message reads, "I know I didn't want to come here, but I've got to admit, CAMP IS TIZZY." What movie are you secretly trying to tell them about?

Answer: Mystic Pizza

This 1988 film may be most notable for launching the careers of Julia Roberts (Daisy) and Annabeth Gish (her sister, Kat), although the latter was a child actress, appearing as Jon Voight's daughter in "Desert Bloom" among other films. "Mystic Pizza" also famously includes the first speaking role of a very young Matt Damon.

He plays the youngest son in a wealthy family whose oldest boy was dating Daisy. At the dining table, "Steamer" (Damon) delivers his first (and only) line in the film: "Mom, do you want my green stuff?" in reference to the tomalley in his lobster. Matt's come a long way, Baby. On the other hand, Julia's Daisy has a fairly casual attitude toward sexual relationships.

Her next film? "Pretty Woman". Maybe not such a huge leap for her.

2. This British film opens with an oversleeping Hugh Grant, who, upon being awakened by his flaming-redhaired female roommate, Scarlet, swears several times as the first spoken words in the film. We get to know stammering Hugh and his motley crew as one by one they head to the altar. Well, except one of them, who doesn't make it to the altar, unless you count horizontally in a box. The writer for the film's trailer unwittingly writes "FRIDGE WOUNDS! ANAL FEDS RUN." Nah! What is the real title of this f-f-f-funny f-f-f-film?

Answer: Four Weddings and a Funeral

This 1994 movie sweetly explores several types of love and friendship between and among human beings. Hugh Grant is his usual bumbling-but-charming character (Charles), a confirmed bachelor who finds himself without any prospects for a mate, having alienated a long series of possibilities resulting in a reputation as commitment-phobic.

Not true; he just hasn't found the right woman... until he does. Enter Andie MacDowell as the lovely Carrie, an American who has a bit more "relaxed" attitude toward relationships than Charles holds.

In one highly memorable scene, Carrie verbally counts off every lover she has had, complete with a brief -- and often amusing -- assessment of each. Mike Newell directs a wonderful ensemble cast.

3. Harrison Ford, handsome, suave professional dealmaker, meets Melanie Griffith, who unapologetically announces that she has a "head for business and a bod for sin." Melanie's trying to become a Wall Street dealmaker herself, but she can't seem to catch a break. Stuck in the role of secretary, she gets assigned to a new boss, Sigourney Weaver, a real nasty piece of work. Instead of booing when Sigourney is on the screen, the audience shows its displeasure with Weaver's unethical tricks by GROWLING IRK. What's the title of this chick flick?

Answer: Working Girl

One of the best scenes in this 1988 movie is between Ford (Jack) and Griffith (Tess) 'the morning after,' as they are getting to know each other. Tess asks Jack how he got the scar on his chin (one of Harrison Ford's most easily recognized features), and he replies, "Knife fight in Detroit." When pressed, however, he admits that as a teen he passed out in the bathroom, hitting his chin on the toilet, when his girlfriend pierced his ear with a needle. I can't help wondering whether that was part of the original screenplay, written in when Harrison Ford was cast, or ad libbed by the two actors. The brilliant Mike Nichols directed; Joan Cusack was unforgettable as Tess's best friend.

Other memorable performances were delivered by Tess's loser boyfriend, Alec Baldwin, and hoity-toity Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver). Nora Dunn, Oliver Platt, Olympia Dukakis, and even Kevin Spacey also appeared in "Working Girl."

4. A true "chick flick", this 1991 mega-hit stars two relatively tall women, one with a sexist pig of a husband, the other with a commitment-averse musician boyfriend. The chicks head out for a "just us girls" weekend in the mountains -- but end up in the canyon. The trailer for this well-acted movie mistakenly identifies the title as "LETHAL MOUSE AND I". Good grief! What is it supposed to read?

Answer: Thelma and Louise

This film can be viewed on so many different levels, it's amazing. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis (as Louise Sawyer and Thelma Dickinson, in that order) star in one of the most memorable movies of the late 20th century. Christopher McDonald plays Thelma's self-absorbed husband with horrible aplomb. Harvey Keitel is an FBI agent and the only one of the law enforcement team who seems to understand what might have happened to cause the two women to commit murder and later, armed robbery. Oh, yeah, and Brad Pitt makes an early film appearance as a robber from Oklahoma who teaches Thelma both how to pull off a stick-up and "what all the fuss is about" in the bedroom -- and then steals the money Louise entrusted to Thelma. Baaaad Brad!

5. One of the most uplifting Christmas movies to come out of an era other than the '40s or '50s, this 2003 British film with a multi-star cast includes several different subplots, all eventually intersecting at Heathrow Airport. "God Only Knows" why the film is initially titled CUTE OVAL ALLY. Fortunately, someone in the film office has come up with a better one. What is it?

Answer: Love Actually

What can I say? If you haven't seen this movie, what's your excuse? It's a fun romp with a stellar cast and it takes a look at multiple forms of love: from parental and sibling love, to platonic friendship, to puppy love, to lust, infidelity, and unrequited love. What's not to like about that? My favorite scene features Laura Linney who is totally (but not so secretly) in love with a gorgeous co-worker (Carl), but is also completely tied to her mentally ill brother who calls her incessantly. After she and Carl finally get together at the company Christmas party, Carl drives her to her flat and sends out signals that he wants to stay with her. Barely able to control her elation, she asks him to wait in the doorway for just a moment, at which point she steps just out of his sight and pantomimes an hysterical freak-out-for-joy.

It's childish - no, childlike -- but I think it thoroughly resonates with anyone -- man or woman -- who has suddenly found him/herself in such a situation with the object of their affection. I loved it!

6. Starting at the University of Chicago and ending in New York City some 11 years later, this wildly popular film asks the question whether a man and a woman can ever be "just friends" without sex getting in the way. ANSWER: RHYTHM ALLEY. (P.S. I'll have what she's having!)

Answer: When Harry Met Sally

Everyone has seen "When Harry Met Sally." It's a classic, and deservedly so. It has it all: a brilliant screenplay by Nora Ephron, savvy direction by Rob Reiner, Meg Ryan at her cutest, the absolutely brilliant Billy Crystal at his funniest, and two talented actors (Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby) as their best friends to play off of.
I predict that our great-great-grandchildren will watch this film -- and love it.

7. A touching tear-jerker released in 2004, this film gives us an off again/on again romance in flashbacks. Young Noah and Allie are in love but come from very different backgrounds: he of the blue-collar lumber business variety, and she of the blue-blood wanting-for-nothing variety. Nick Cassavetes -- son of highly respected director John Cassavetes and the actress who portrays the older Allie -- brings Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel to film. A computer error has caused the film to be released as "TOOK THE BONE." That doesn't sound like a tear-jerking chick flick! What is the real title?

Answer: The Notebook

Get the tissues! Starring Ryan Gosling and James Garner as the younger and older Noah, respectively, and Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands as the younger and older Allie, this film literally milks the viewer's tears. The title refers to the diary kept by Allie when she was younger, now being read to her by the aging Noah in hopes that she'll remember who she is and who he is, as she suffers from dementia.

She does remember, every once in a while. But, as is the case with dementia and early Alzheimer's, she slips back into the unknowing each time, inadvertently breaking Noah's heart once again.

8. Another modern Christmas-time movie is the second of three 1990s couplings of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks on film. Directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, this movie sports the tagline "What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?" Uh-oh. This 1993 monster hit chick flick is erroneously titled "LITTLE SENSES PLEASE". Under what correct title should it be released?

Answer: Sleepless in Seattle

Before you send a correction note telling me that this was Ryan's and Hanks' first co-starring gig, I call your attention to "Joe vs. The Volcano," which hit theaters in 1990. If you had that reaction, it is totally understandable, as not a lot of people saw that movie, and rightly so (imho).

These stars' third film together was "You've Got Mail," which was, of course, once mistakenly titled "I Love My Gouta."

9. Even a lot of Johnny Depp fans haven't seen him in this one. Co-starring Marlon Brando, this film is set primarily at a psychiatric hospital where Depp, committed for evaluation after attempting suicide, wins the hearts and minds (and possibly some other parts) of nearly all the women who work there. Is he in fact the legendary swordsman and lover he claims to be? Johnny Depp's anagrammed character is the name of the film: A CONJURED NOMAD. But what do we know it better as?

Answer: Don Juan DeMarco

Johnny Depp is delusional -- or is he? -- in believing he is Don Juan, the greatest lover of all time. His psychiatrist, Dr. Jack Mickler (Brando in one of his last screen roles) is skeptical but intrigued, fighting to keep the young man as his patient despite the Dr.'s impending retirement. Ultimately he becomes a believer, which changes his life and especially his relationship with his wife (Faye Dunaway), for the better.

It's an uplifting movie, one that brought acting legends Brando and Depp together and caused Brando to proclaim Depp "the best actor of his generation." This is a very romantic movie, in every sense of the word.

10. Here's a clever plot: Three boy tweens save part of their lunch money for months then bike into the city for the purpose of finding a prostitute (Melanie Griffith) to, um, further their education. Their bikes are stolen, said hooker drives them home, and one of the tweens decides she would be perfect for his widowed father, a high school science teacher (Ed Harris), who thinks the beautiful buxom belle is a math tutor. This 1993 rom-com has been initially dubbed "MY INK MOLE" -- not a very good title. Fortunately, it has been changed, but to what?

Answer: Milk Money

Melanie Griffith's baby voice grates on me something fierce, but I have to admit I enjoy many of her films. This little fluff of a movie, based on mistaken or falsified identities and featuring the classic "whore with a heart of gold" character, would be a great choice to rent some night.

It's sweet, sad, funny, with a bit of slapstick-y intrigue, and wholly predictable, but worth two hours if you enjoy romantic comedy. And -- as a bonus -- you can learn to do the Thumb-Wrestling-Hand-Jive, if by some chance you don't already know how.

Source: Author Sundancer415

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